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Debris from an Indian satellite falling back to earth from orbit lands on a Japanese fishing village, triggering an international dispute. An Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) launch goes wrong and the rocket blows up on the launch pad, destroying satellites of a dozen countries that were to ride it into orbit.
Clear and present dangers like these underline the Achilles’ heel of India’s space effort: The absence of a robust national space law. In the first example, Indian liability for damages would be determined by the 1972 Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects.
Signatories to this treaty are “absolutely liable to pay compensation for damage caused by its space object on the surface of the Earth or to aircraft in flight.” But, without its own national space law, India would be hard put to determine the quantum of damages. In the second illustration, India would find it even more difficult to settle its multinational contract obligations sans a definitive domestic space law.
Academic Hinduphobia: A Critique of Wendy Doniger's Erotic School of Indology
www.swarajyamag.com/culture/defence-against-hinduphobia The departments for the study of ancient India (Indology) and South Asian Studies in the West are the last bastions of colonialism today. In the name of scholarship, which is often hatred and racism in disguise. If these scholars are to be believed, several sections of Hindu society are apparently in need of being 'saved' by those bearing the white (wo)man's burden even today. Some years back, Doniger struck a new alliance to help her make a dramatic comeback: She positioned herself with the Indian Left as their “expert on criticizing Hinduism”. Since Indian secularists are uneducated in Sanskrit and filled with hatred for sanatan dharma, Doniger was a useful ally to supply them “masala” which they could use in their simplistic works.
The Lyngdoh Committee stipulated among other things that Rs.5,000 is the maximum limit that can be spent by a candidate to contest elections. They prescribed an age limit, a minimum attendance of 75 per cent, an unblemished academic record and no criminal record as eligibility criteria. Also, a candidate who has contested and lost or won is not allowed to contest again.
The Progressive Artists' Group was formed by six founder members, F. N. Souza, S. H. Raza, M. F. Husain, K. H. Ara, H. A. Gade, and S. K. Bakre (the only sculptor in the group). Others associated with the group included Manishi Dey, Ram Kumar, Akbar Padamsee and Tyeb Mehta.[1]
The group wished to break with the revivalist nationalism established by the Bengal school of art and to encourage an Indian avant-garde, engaged at an international level. The Group was formed just months after the 14 August, 1947 "Partition of India" and Pakistan that resulted in religious rioting and death of tens of thousands of people displaced by the new borders. The founders of the Progressive Artists Group often cite "the partition" as impetus for their desire for new standards in India, starting with their new style of art.[2] Their intention was to "paint with absolute freedom for content and technique, almost anarchic, save that we are governed by one or two sound elemental and eternal laws, of aesthetic order, plastic co-ordination and colour composition."
In 1985, Gorbachev was elected as the General Secretary of the Communist Party. As the de facto ruler of the USSR, he tried to reform the stagnating Party and the state economy by introducing several measures (and slogans):
Perestroika: It means restructuring. It was proposed to overcome the economic stagnation by creating a dependable and effective mechanism for accelerating economic and social progress.
Glasnost: It means openness. It gave the Soviet people freedom of speech and encouraged debate, participation and criticism of governance. The press became far less controlled, and thousands of political prisoners and many dissidents were released. Through this Gorbachev hoped that the Soviet people would support his reform initiatives.
The Law on Cooperatives: It was perhaps the most radical economic reform of the early Gorbachev era. It permitted private ownership of businesses in the service, manufacturing, and foreign-trade sectors.
Demokratizatsiya: Through this policy Gorbachev infused elements of democracy in the Soviet Union. He organized elections that required Communist Party members to run against non-party members and revoked the Communist Party’s special status as set forth in the USSR’s constitution.
Uskoreniye: It means acceleration. This policy aimed at the acceleration of social and economic development of the Soviet Union. The acceleration was planned to be based on technical and scientific progress. However, this slogan was phased out later in favour of the more ambitious Perestroika.
Understandably, his reforms caused controversy in the country and earned him praise outside it.
Women, whose husbands spend some time in India, use and abuse their wives for various reasons, and then depart to the UK, never to return. The hapless women receive ill-treatment from the in-laws and are looked upon as slaves. The in-laws finally throw them out.
Women subjected to this form of abuse usually hail from Delhi, Gujarat and Punjab states where it is common to have women married off to Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) from UK and other Western countries. Women from Bangladesh, Pakistan among other countries also suffer this form of abuse.
The Carter Doctrine was a policy proclaimed by President of the United States Jimmy Carter in his State of the Union Address on January 23, 1980, which stated that the United States would use military force if necessary to defend its national interests in the Persian Gulf.
One of the prime outcomes of the BRICS Summit 2016, (October 15-16, Goa, India) was setting up of three working groups by the Indian government; on counter-terrorism, cyber security and energy security.
While it may appear that the first two groups i.e. cyber security and counter-terrorism, hold BRICS common interest, it is in reality the third i.e. the energy security that will sustain the Forum. How so? First, there is every possibility that the narratives of cyber security and terrorism will get mired in the rigmarole of ‘one country dictating the other, or ‘one interfering in the internal affairs of the other.’ Consider individual positions. China holds significant investments in its ‘all-weather’ ally Pakistan, and in all likelihood will not change its friendly stance towards Pakistan in response to Mr. Modi’s ‘mothership of terrorism’ refrain.
Thus, the mutually profitable agreements of diverse nature, have and in all likelihood, will keep BRICS strong. It is the BRICS strategy of commerce which will keep the West on the edge and its ‘pivot to Asia’ a challenge. Western style of securing oil supplies by military interventions has so far been untenable. This has proven from 1953 coup in Iran to bombing of Libya in 2011 and following of the Carter Doctrine, 1980 stating use of military force if anyone tries to undermine the US control of Gulf.
Article on National Tariff policy 2016.....Electricity
Overall, the new Tariff Policy tightens the discretion allowed to regulators while setting power tariffs and makes a strong pitch for promotion of clean energy. Further, one of the significant addition in the policy is promotion of renewable generation sources and creation of more competition,
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http://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/why-india-needs-a-robust-space-law/story-156P0TyUvT4kkGipYI15yI.html
Debris from an Indian satellite falling back to earth from orbit lands on a Japanese fishing village, triggering an international dispute. An Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) launch goes wrong and the rocket blows up on the launch pad, destroying satellites of a dozen countries that were to ride it into orbit.
Clear and present dangers like these underline the Achilles’ heel of India’s space effort: The absence of a robust national space law. In the first example, Indian liability for damages would be determined by the 1972 Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects.
Signatories to this treaty are “absolutely liable to pay compensation for damage caused by its space object on the surface of the Earth or to aircraft in flight.” But, without its own national space law, India would be hard put to determine the quantum of damages. In the second illustration, India would find it even more difficult to settle its multinational contract obligations sans a definitive domestic space law.
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=133383
www.swarajyamag.com/culture/defence-against-hinduphobia
The departments for the study of ancient India (Indology) and South Asian Studies in the West are the last bastions of colonialism today. In the name of scholarship, which is often hatred and racism in disguise. If these scholars are to be believed, several sections of Hindu society are apparently in need of being 'saved' by those bearing the white (wo)man's burden even today. Some years back, Doniger struck a new alliance to help her make a dramatic comeback: She positioned herself with the Indian Left as their “expert on criticizing Hinduism”. Since Indian secularists are uneducated in Sanskrit and filled with hatred for sanatan dharma, Doniger was a useful ally to supply them “masala” which they could use in their simplistic works.
https://www.newslaundry.com/2016/09/05/whats-the-point-of-the-lyngdoh-committee-guidelines/
The Lyngdoh Committee stipulated among other things that Rs.5,000 is the maximum limit that can be spent by a candidate to contest elections. They prescribed an age limit, a minimum attendance of 75 per cent, an unblemished academic record and no criminal record as eligibility criteria. Also, a candidate who has contested and lost or won is not allowed to contest again.
The Progressive Artists' Group was formed by six founder members, F. N. Souza, S. H. Raza, M. F. Husain, K. H. Ara, H. A. Gade, and S. K. Bakre (the only sculptor in the group). Others associated with the group included Manishi Dey, Ram Kumar, Akbar Padamsee and Tyeb Mehta.[1]
The group wished to break with the revivalist nationalism established by the Bengal school of art and to encourage an Indian avant-garde, engaged at an international level. The Group was formed just months after the 14 August, 1947 "Partition of India" and Pakistan that resulted in religious rioting and death of tens of thousands of people displaced by the new borders. The founders of the Progressive Artists Group often cite "the partition" as impetus for their desire for new standards in India, starting with their new style of art.[2] Their intention was to "paint with absolute freedom for content and technique, almost anarchic, save that we are governed by one or two sound elemental and eternal laws, of aesthetic order, plastic co-ordination and colour composition."
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-fn-souza-s-birth-fetches-record-4-million-at-christie-s-2126408
http://knappily.com/article.php/57f00762d4646c3d07d0af65
In 1985, Gorbachev was elected as the General Secretary of the Communist Party. As the de facto ruler of the USSR, he tried to reform the stagnating Party and the state economy by introducing several measures (and slogans):
Perestroika: It means restructuring. It was proposed to overcome the economic stagnation by creating a dependable and effective mechanism for accelerating economic and social progress.
Glasnost: It means openness. It gave the Soviet people freedom of speech and encouraged debate, participation and criticism of governance. The press became far less controlled, and thousands of political prisoners and many dissidents were released. Through this Gorbachev hoped that the Soviet people would support his reform initiatives.
The Law on Cooperatives: It was perhaps the most radical economic reform of the early Gorbachev era. It permitted private ownership of businesses in the service, manufacturing, and foreign-trade sectors.
Demokratizatsiya: Through this policy Gorbachev infused elements of democracy in the Soviet Union. He organized elections that required Communist Party members to run against non-party members and revoked the Communist Party’s special status as set forth in the USSR’s constitution.
Uskoreniye: It means acceleration. This policy aimed at the acceleration of social and economic development of the Soviet Union. The acceleration was planned to be based on technical and scientific progress. However, this slogan was phased out later in favour of the more ambitious Perestroika.
Understandably, his reforms caused controversy in the country and earned him praise outside it.
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Women, whose husbands spend some time in India, use and abuse their wives for various reasons, and then depart to the UK, never to return. The hapless women receive ill-treatment from the in-laws and are looked upon as slaves. The in-laws finally throw them out.
Women subjected to this form of abuse usually hail from Delhi, Gujarat and Punjab states where it is common to have women married off to Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) from UK and other Western countries. Women from Bangladesh, Pakistan among other countries also suffer this form of abuse.
http://m.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/all-the-presidents-mien/article3451358.ece
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-31/no-one-saw-tesla-s-solar-roof-coming
http://moderndiplomacy.eu/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1833:brics-and-the-doctrine-of-energy-cooperation&Itemid=490
The Carter Doctrine was a policy proclaimed by President of the United States Jimmy Carter in his State of the Union Address on January 23, 1980, which stated that the United States would use military force if necessary to defend its national interests in the Persian Gulf.
One of the prime outcomes of the BRICS Summit 2016, (October 15-16, Goa, India) was setting up of three working groups by the Indian government; on counter-terrorism, cyber security and energy security.
While it may appear that the first two groups i.e. cyber security and counter-terrorism, hold BRICS common interest, it is in reality the third i.e. the energy security that will sustain the Forum. How so? First, there is every possibility that the narratives of cyber security and terrorism will get mired in the rigmarole of ‘one country dictating the other, or ‘one interfering in the internal affairs of the other.’ Consider individual positions. China holds significant investments in its ‘all-weather’ ally Pakistan, and in all likelihood will not change its friendly stance towards Pakistan in response to Mr. Modi’s ‘mothership of terrorism’ refrain.
Thus, the mutually profitable agreements of diverse nature, have and in all likelihood, will keep BRICS strong. It is the BRICS strategy of commerce which will keep the West on the edge and its ‘pivot to Asia’ a challenge. Western style of securing oil supplies by military interventions has so far been untenable. This has proven from 1953 coup in Iran to bombing of Libya in 2011 and following of the Carter Doctrine, 1980 stating use of military force if anyone tries to undermine the US control of Gulf.
Overall, the new Tariff Policy tightens the discretion allowed to regulators while setting power tariffs and makes a strong pitch for promotion of clean energy. Further, one of the significant addition in the policy is promotion of renewable generation sources and creation of more competition,
http://www.gktoday.in/blog/national-tariff-policy-ntp-2016/